Pansy KAleidoscope Quilt Top
05-13-2009, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by MeginMurphy
wow...beautiful!
I'm honoured that your very first message was to say something nice to ME though! :D
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05-13-2009, 10:07 AM
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Ahhh yes, Janstar, your OBW quilts have the darker backgrounds like the book. Your quilts are also gorgeous. Now wishing more than ever that I knew how to make one, then another one and another.
warm quilt hugs, sue
warm quilt hugs, sue
05-13-2009, 12:35 PM
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Dunster, your quilt is gorgeous, too. I had to look carefully to see dogs! I have the book, but I haven't made a quilt yet. Eager to do one. I'm happy to hear the advice from the 2 of you about using a large scale print or one with a lot of different things going on in it.
05-13-2009, 04:19 PM
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I think your quilt is BEAUTIFUL! It is a watercolor masterpiece. I've wanted to try one of these since I saw one last year and your quilt has brought this quilt much closer to the top of my list. I tend to choose a deep color from the print and use that as a border. You may even want to do more than one border using graduated colors and then bind with the darkest. Are you quilting it yourself or having it done.
05-13-2009, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by k3n
Nancy, thanks! That's what fascinates me - how a fabric can be completely deconstructed and turned into something else, which is why I was a bit dissappointed with my pansies. But I am learning to love it for what it is and will hope for a more 'authentic' effect with the next one!
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All the quilts pictured here are lovely and thanks to those ladies who also posted pictures of the fabric before making the quilt. i have been thinking of making one of these but i am so color challenged and have so much trouble picking out the fabric that i always talk myself out of starting...
05-13-2009, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Overlander
I think your quilt is BEAUTIFUL! It is a watercolor masterpiece. I've wanted to try one of these since I saw one last year and your quilt has brought this quilt much closer to the top of my list. I tend to choose a deep color from the print and use that as a border. You may even want to do more than one border using graduated colors and then bind with the darkest. Are you quilting it yourself or having it done.
Overlander, I will hand quilt it myself. I've just ordered some light cotton batting for it - when I had it laid out on our bed to show DH, I thought, wow, it looks OK there! I am in the process of hand quilting a 9p and appliqué hearts quilt with wool batting and flannel backing for our bed, which will be nice for winter so I figured this could be our summer quilt! How posh are we, a quilt for all seasons! :D
I'll go and take a pic of the top with the borders on right now!
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